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Kincardineshire

Scotland
Era
Unknown Era
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Kincardineshire was a pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Scotland. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Kincardineshire lies on Strathmore Group, bedrock that formed in the Emsian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Scheduled Monuments near Kincardineshire

Marykirk,old parish church and burial ground
Marykirk,old parish church and burial ground
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.9 mi

Marykirk Old Parish Church and Burial Ground is a medieval ecclesiastical site located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The church and its associated burial ground occupy ground formed from the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation of Pragian-age sandstone interbedded with conglomerate, s…

Cairn of Shiels, cairn
Cairn of Shiels, cairn
Scheduled monument · ~3.1 mi

Cairn of Shiels is a cairn situated in Kincardineshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The monument lies upon bedrock composed of mafic lava and tuff dating to the Devonian period, geological foundations that have supported human activity in t…

Fettercairn House,burial mound 450m SW of
Fettercairn House,burial mound 450m SW of
Scheduled monument · ~3.7 mi

Fettercairn House burial mound is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated approximately 450 metres south-west of Fettercairn House in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The mound rises from bedrock formed from the Strathmore Group, a sequence of Emsian sandstones interlaid with conglomerate, siltstone an…

Church of Pert, church and burial ground
Church of Pert, church and burial ground
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4 mi

Church of Pert is a medieval church and burial ground located in Angus, Scotland. The site occupies sandstone bedrock of the Strathmore Group, deposited during the Emsian period of the Early Devonian, which has weathered into the gentle agricultural landscape characteristic of this region. The ch…

Fettercairn House,burial mound 650m NNW of
Fettercairn House,burial mound 650m NNW of
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Fettercairn House burial mound is a prehistoric earthwork situated approximately 650 metres north-north-west of Fettercairn House in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The mound occupies land underlain by sandstones, conglomerates, siltstones and mudstones of the Strathmore Group, sediments deposited dur…

Green Castle,earthwork
Green Castle,earthwork
Scheduled monument · ~4.5 mi

Green Castle is an earthwork monument situated in Kincardineshire, Scotland, and protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument. The site occupies ground underlain by sandstone of the Strathmore Group, a Devonian geological formation characterised by interbedded conglomerate,…

Drumnagair, ring enclosure 300m SE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.5 miles
Tower of Johnston,cairn and tower
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
In the same landscape

Battles near Kincardineshire

Spear Mill
~3.2 miles away
Huntly Hill
~6.3 miles away
Montrose Airfield, Battle H.Q.
~6.4 miles away
Cairn O' Mount
~7.2 miles away
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